Viktoriya Grishkina
OperationsAccounting
Technology
Financial Analyst
A Link Between Finance and Technology
• Accounting
• Finance
• Tax
• Audit
• Technology/Programming
My Background
My Background – cont’d
VG
Accounting
Technology
Finance
1. BS in accounting
2. MS in Taxation
3. Experience in Tax, Audit,
and Accounting
4. At CAI Logistics I was in
charge of full accounting
cycle
5. Reconciliation data during
new software
implementation and
software change
1. Experience in Financial
Analysis
2. SQL Query
3. Tableau Software
4. Power Point Presentation
1. Experience in new
technology implementation
2. Testing Software to make
sure that processes are
implemented correctly and
financial statements are not
distorted
3. Train staff new procedures
and new technologies
4. Completed a Coding
Bootcamp to learn more
about technology
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My Background - Accounting
• BS in Accounting and MS in Taxation, CPA
• Experience in audit, tax, accounting, and financial analysis
• Was in charge of full accounting cycle and a lead for AP and AR
teams
• Extensive experience in reconciling data and accounts during
system change and business consolidation process
• Knowledge and application of GAAP and internal control
practices and techniques
• Familiar with governmental accounting (took elective course at
the university)
My Background - Finance
• Performed financial statement analysis
• Using Tableau Software, MS Access, and SQL queries, built
financial reports for upper management
• Proficient with Microsoft Word and Excel (pivot tables, macro
recording, charts, etc.)
• Developed instructions for reporting processes
• Prepared presentations for management
My Background - Technology
• Experience building SQL queries
• Was in charge of software validation
• Tested the system using different scenarios to make sure that all invoices
were recorded correctly, mathematical calculations were accurate, and
integration process between accounting and operational systems was
complete
• Collected application errors, submitted tickets with detailed descriptions of
the problem, communicated tasks to software development team, and
reviewed tickets once the issues were fixed. As a result, the system was
released for production, and financial statements were reconciled without
application errors.
• Prepared instructions for staff for new processes and technologies
• Completed a Coding Bootcamp to learn more about technologies
My Background – Professional Development
• Completed UW Coding Bootcamp to learn more about
technology, as I see a trend of merging finance and
technology fields
• Take online classes and courses, for example on
Udemy.com, to learn different aspects of finance and
technology (for example, I just started Data Science course
on Udemy.com).
• Excited about opportunities to grow and learn new skills